Marie-Louise Eta to become the first woman to coach in the Bundesliga | OneFootball

Union Berlin decided to dismiss Steffen Baumgart as head coach after the defeat against Heidenheim and announced that Marie-Louise Eta will take charge of the team until the end of the season, becoming the first female head coach in the history of the German league and of Europe’s five major leagues.

“I’m delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task,” Eta said, adding: “One of Union’s strengths has always been, and still is, the ability to pull together in situations like this. And of course, I’m convinced that we will secure the crucial points with the team.”

The 3-1 away defeat to Heidenheim brought Baumgart’s spell to an end. He had been in charge of the Berlin side since December 2024. His assistants, Danilo de Souza and Kevin McKenna, also left the club with him.

The German capital’s team has won two of its last 14 matches and sits in 11th place in the Bundesliga with 32 points, seven above the relegation places, with only five rounds remaining in the season.

“We have had an enormously disappointing second half of the season so far, and we will not let our league position blind us. Our situation remains precarious, and we urgently need points to secure our survival. We have decided to make a fresh start,” said director of professional football Horst Heldt.

For Eta, who will take charge of the club’s women’s Bundesliga team at the end of this year, the task is not entirely unfamiliar territory: in 2023, she became the first woman to serve as an assistant coach in Bundesliga history at Union Berlin.

In addition, the coach, who took over as head coach of the club’s under-19 team in March 2025, made history by becoming the first female assistant in the men’s Champions League.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.